Incorporating a microphone

- A lot of DJs these days use microphones in their sets…to either emcee or just to address the crowd.…I'm gonna show you how you can incorporate a microphone…into your Ableton Session,…and even use Ableton's Effects in tandem with it.…You can see that I've plugged a microphone…into the audio interface here.…This will route it into Ableton using inputs five and six.…So, next what I'm gonna do,…is create a new audio channel and name it Microphone.…

Now, I'll go to the I/O button here in the bottom right…and press it.…This is gonna open up our routing options.…So now, I'm gonna set the input to five and six,…and then turn the I/O button off.…Now, I'm gonna flip to the other page,…and I'm gonna set the monitor to In,…so the audio is always coming through.…Remember, you can still use the mute button…to turn the channel off.…I'll flip back over to our other page.…Alright, so let's get a level.…Test, test, test.…Testing, one, two, three.…Test, test, test, there we go, test.…

So, just a side note, on mic input level here:…

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7/10/2015

DJing is a growing profession. Ableton Live takes your live performances beyond anything achievable with turntables or CD players, making your sets powerful and unique. In this course, author J. Scott Giaquinta demonstrates the techniques DJs around the world use with Ableton Live. He starts with setting up your software and hardware controllers, and importing, warping, and keying tracks in Ableton. Next he discusses cueing and playing tracks, and using fades and the crossfader to mix tracks. Then learn when you should use a DJ mixer as opposed to Ableton's internal mixer, and how to incorporate a microphone into the setup.

Scott next introduces some performance tricks to wow your audience, by integrating loops, samples, and FX. He also provides a demo of alternative controllers that can make your performances more dynamic, including a Wiimote, joystick, MIDI keyboard, and live vocoder. Finally, he discusses methods to record your live DJ set and fine-tune it after the fact.